Written chronicles were a component of the New York City COVID-19 Narrative and Memory project in which participants were invited to contribute real-time logs of their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. What to include was left up to the participants. The request to them was to contribute anything that they considered worth sharing about their experience during the pandemic. Participants wer e sent an automated email every ten days reminding them to contribute their written chronicles. Entries were submitted to Columbia University's INCITE via the Internet
Lynn Lewis was born in Baltimore and grew up in Maryland on an island in the Chesapeake Bay. She first came to New York in 1980 and spent seventeen years working with Picture the Homeless, an organization that helps homeless people fight for their rig hts. She has also worked as an oral historian, educator, and consultant
Note (Provenance)
Lynn Lewis, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023